The Cavell Case
The true story of Edith Cavell, a British nurse who served with the underground in Belgium during the First World War. Edith Cavell leaves her sweetheart George Brooks to follow her calling. When they…
The Cavell Case
The true story of Edith Cavell, a British nurse who served with the underground in Belgium during the First World War. Edith Cavell leaves her sweetheart George Brooks to follow her calling. When they meet later, George is a middle-aged blind man with a son, Frank (Creighton Hale). Edith becomes George's nurse, and his eyesight is restored through an operation. When World War I breaks up, Edith goes to Belgium to teach other nurses. The Germans take possession of her hospital, but she still manages to attend to the wounded British soldiers. There she discovers Frank and helps him escape. For this, she is arrested, tried, and executed by firing squad, despite entreaties from other nations to spare her. —scsu1975
The Cavell Case
Biography,Drama,War
Film Details
The true story of Edith Cavell, a British nurse who served with the underground in Belgium during the First World War. Edith Cavell leaves her sweetheart George Brooks to follow her calling. When they meet later, George is a middle-aged blind man with a son, Frank (Creighton Hale).
Edith becomes George's nurse, and his eyesight is restored through an operation. When World War I breaks up, Edith goes to Belgium to teach other nurses. The Germans take possession of her hospital, but she still manages to attend to the wounded British soldiers.
There she discovers Frank and helps him escape. For this, she is arrested, tried, and executed by firing squad, despite entreaties from other nations to spare her. —scsu1975.